Forum on: The Legal Implications of Detroit's Bankruptcy Filing
Hearing Documentation
- 2/21/2012 - Democratic Judiciary Committee /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/EM_Report120221F.pdf">Interim Report on Michigan's Public Act 4
- 2/21/2012 - Democratic Staff /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/EM_ExecSum.pdf">Executive Summary of Public Act 4
- 2/24/2012 - /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/2011-PA-0004.pdf">Act No. 4, Public Acts of 2011
- 2/26/1976 - /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/MCL-ACT-267.pdf">Michigan Open Meetings Act, Act 267 of 1976
- 4/2011 - CRC of Michigan /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/CRCrpt368.pdf">Analysis of Public Act 4
Opening Statements
Statement of Hon. John Conyers, Jr.
[ /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Conyers130907.pdf">Full text of Conyers' statement ]
Host
Hon. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member
U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
Moderator
Michael Eric Dyson
Professor, Georgetown University
Participants
Robert Ficano/Hester Wheeler, Wayne County Executive/Assistant
Wayne County, MI
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]
Hon. Coleman A. Young II, Senator
Michigan Senate, 1st District
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]
Hon. Bert Johnson, Senator
Michigan Senate, 2nd District
[/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Johnson130719.pdf"> Press statement ]
Hon. JoAnn Watson
Detroit City Council
[ /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Watson120102.pdf">EM law analysis ]
Rev. Wendell Anthony, President
NAACP Detroit Chapter
[ /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Press_Statements_AnthonyEM.pdf">Press statements ]
[ /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/MIChronicle_Anthony.pdf">MI Chronicle - Anthony takes EM Orr to Task ]
Marcia L. Dyson, Political Strategist, Social Activist and Writer
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]
Al Garrett, President
AFSCME, Detroit Chapter
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]
Rose Roots, President
AFSCME Detroit Retiree Subchapter 98
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]
James E. Spiotto, Esq., Partner and head of Special Litigation, Bankruptcy and Workout Group
Chapman & Cutler, LLP
[ /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Spiotto130907.pdf">Full text of Spiotto statement ]
[ /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/SpiottaApp130907.pdf">Testimony Appendix ]
John A. E. Pottow, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Professor
University of Michigan
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]
Melissa Jacoby, Bankruptcy Professor
University of North Carolina
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]
Krystal Crittendon, Former Corporation Counsel
City of Detroit
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]
Michael J. Steinberg, Legal Director
American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan
[ Press Release - Adkins et al. vs. Morgan Stanely ]
Julianne Malveaux, Ph.D., Author, Economist
[ Written statement not yet submitted ]
Webcast
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